Tarot de Paris

The Tarot de Paris may be the oldest tarot deck
that still has all 78 cards preserved, and appears to be the synthesis of
several types of playing cards arriving in France from neighboring countries.

A unique feature of the deck is that the four aces depict animals — gryphon, deer, unicorn and lion — carrying flags having the symbols for the suits — batons, cups, swords and coins. This may reflect the influence of German hunting decks which often have similar flags on the 10 card in each suit.

The cards has French titles, with many misspellings (e.g., “Ar” instead of “As”, “Le Pandut” instead of “Le Pendu”, “Trempance” instead of “Temperance”).